Is there a visible sign that God's with you?

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Is it possible to have a visible sign that God is with you? In the Bible, when God appears to Moses in a burning bush, he tells Moses, "I want you to go and bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt." Moses questions God, "Who am I to do that?" And then God tells him, "I will be with you." Fast forward to after they get out of Egypt, something crazy happens. First, it's important to remember that the Israelites have been in Egypt in slavery for hundreds of years. So, in leaving Egypt, they wouldn't have known where they were going because they'd been in lockdown. Everything's unfamiliar. Now, let's say I'm an Israelite. Moses is the one leading us. If I'm surrounded by thousands of people, what are the chances that I'm going to be able to see and hear Moses? I don't know if you've been in a crowd of 100 people with one person speaking without a microphone, but normally I can't hear or see that person because of all the people in front of me. You add thousands, no way. So, I'd be wondering, "Where are we even going?" And this is where God does the crazy thing. The Bible says, "By day, the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way, and by night, in a pillar of fire to give them light so that they could travel by day or night." So, if I'm surrounded by thousands of people, I don't know where I'm going, when I can't see the guy that's supposed to be guiding us, and then all of a sudden, a cloud forms in the sky creating a giant pillar, and you start hearing from people, "He said that's God guiding us." Wouldn't that be wild? And maybe they question it during daytime, "Oh, that's crazy fog." But then night comes, and this thing turns into a pillar of fire? The Bible says, "Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people." So, it was a constant visible reminder that God was with them. Now, is it possible for us to have a visible reminder that God is with us? May not be a pillar of fire, but even on those days that feel chaotic, we don't know what we're doing, and like the Israelites, we're in a place that's unfamiliar, I do believe God has given us visible signs to remind us daily that he is with us. Let me show you my first visible sign. I just gotten baptized, and I felt like God told me, "You're going to meet your wife through this church." Now, I'd never seen her before at that point, but then shortly after I've had this feeling that God was leading me to not kiss until my wedding day, which I'd never lived that way before, but he confirmed it multiple times that that's what I was supposed to do. And when I made that commitment, six months later she would walk into the church that I was a part of, gave her life to Christ, and we'd kiss for the first time on our wedding day. She and our family are a constant visible reminder for me of how God is present in my life. Sometimes it's easy for us to lose sight of that, but that's where the second visible sign comes in. This. So every time a God moment happens, I screenshot it or take a picture of it and put it in my God folder that automatically shows up on this screen all around our house. For some people that's documenting it in a journal, but something to hold on to those miracles of God as a reminder of how he's with us. And the third sign that has more evidence than I could ever think of, the visible word of God. Stories like this throughout history of how God moved in other people's lives. We can see the pillar of fire in here. Literally, that's where the verses are. And God has provided so much more proof in these words that can remind us every day that he is with us. But I know that's not the only visible signs that God is with us. I'm sure you have some of your own and I'd love to hear them. Other people would love to hear them. So please share it and let's keep praying for each other, friends, that we would be reminded of all the ways that God is with us. God bless.